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Desmodium gangeticum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 13 constituent measurements for Desmodium gangeticum. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC.

13Constituent measurements

0Safety records

7Cited sources

14Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 14 licensed products naming Desmodium gangeticum as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Extract types on licence

Source material stated

Root
Root extract
Whole plant
Whole plant (extract)

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
Alkaloids	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Alkaloids	Roots and other underground parts	—	≤ 4.06 Percent	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Alkaloids	Aerial part of plants	—	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Alkaloids	Shoot	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Alkaloids	Roots and other underground parts	—	≥ 4.016 Percent	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Phenylethylamines	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Phenylpropanoids	Aerial part of plants	—	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Pterocarpans	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Pterocarpans	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Tryptamine alkaloids	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	No resolvable identifier
Tryptamine alkaloids	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Sinha, S. K. P., Dogra, J. V. V. A survey of the plants of Bhagalpur and Santhal Pargana for saponin, flavonoids and alkaloids. International Journal of Crude Drug Research, 1985, p. 77-86.
Ghosal, Shibnath., Banerjee, P. K. Alkaloids of the roots of Desmodium gangeticum. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 1969, p. 2029-2031.
Rashidi, Masoumeh., Deokule, S. S. Studies on biodeterioration of some chemical constituents in fresh and market roots of drug Desmodium gangeticum DC. under storage. European Journal of Experimental Biology, 2013, p. 161-165.
Bhattacharjee, Atanu., Shashidhara, Shastry Chakrakodi., Saha, Santanu. Phytochemical and ethno-pharmacological profile of Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC.: a review. International journal of biomedical research, 2013, p. 507-515.
Varaprasad, Medapati Vijaya., Balakrishna, Kedike., Sukumar, Ethirajan., Patra, Amarendra. Gangetial, a new pterocarpan from the roots of Desmodium gangeticum. Journal of the indian chemical society, 2009, vol. 86, no. 6, p. 654-656.
Ghosal, S., Bhattacharya, S. K. Desmodium alkaloids. II. Chemical and pharmacological evaluation of D. gangeticum. Planta Medica, 1972, p. 434-440.
Prabhat, V. K., Kumar, Nandjee. Studies of hydrolysable tannins of Desmodium gangeticum (L) DC (Fabaceae). Journal chemtracks, 2012, p. 241-242.

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A constituent measurement is a fact about material at a stated preparation, not a statement about what that material does in a person. An adverse-effect or genotoxicity record is an observation reported in a source, most often in an animal or laboratory model. Neither is a Metatron Health conclusion about causality, human risk or benefit, and the absence of a record is not proof that a preparation is safe. Nothing here is diagnosis, prescribing or individual medical care.

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